Publisher's Synopsis
Essay from the year 2022 in the subject Art - Installation / Action/Performance Art / Modern Art, grade: 1,3, Charles University in Prague (Journalismus und Kommunikation), course: media and migration, language: English, abstract: Among the participating artists of the Documenta addressing migration and drawing attention to the international postcolonial past was the Nigerian-American artist Olu Oguibe, who erected an obelisk with the inscription "I was a stranger and you took me in" on the Königsplatz in Kassel. With this inscription he was referring to the Book of Matthew in order to commemorate all victims of migration and their host societies. This essay wants to highlight Oguibe's debate on "The Aliens and Refugees Monument."
